Despite Efforts, Childhood Obesity Remains on the RiseThe alarming increase in US childhood obesity rates that began nearly 30 years ago continues unabated, with the biggest increases in severe obesity, according to a study led by a Duke Clinical Research Institute scientist.Duke Medicine News...
For decades,childhood obesity rates have been on the rise.Now some US cities,including Philadelphia,New York City and Los Angeles,are seeing progress in their fight against obesity.Dropping childhood obesity rates have also been reported in parts of Mississippi,the state with the highest obesity ra...
For decades,childhood obesity rates have been on the rise.Now some US cities,including Philadelphia,New York City and Los Angeles,are seeing progress in their fight against obesity.Dropping childhood obesity rates have also been reported in parts of Mississippi,the state with the highest obesity ra...
Childhood obesity is on the rise in the U.S. after all, according to a new report published inJAMA Pediatrics. Most alarming, the study finds an increase in the number of children with severe forms of obesity, whose body mass index measured 120- to 140-percent higher than children of ave...
Passage 5For many years, childhood obesity rates have been on the rise. Now some U.S. cities are succeeding in fightingagainst fa. The falling down of childhood obesity rates have also been reported in Mississippi the state with thehighest obesity rate in the country.The first drops in the...
Childhood obesity is one of the most serious global public-health challenges of the twenty-first century. Over the past four decades, the number of children and adolescents with obesity has risen more than tenfold. Worldwide, an increasing number of youth are facing greater exposure to obesity ...
For decades,childhood obesity rates have been on the rise.Now some US cities,including Philadelphia,New York City and Los Angeles,are seeing progress in their fight against obesity.Dropping childhood obesity rates have also been reported in parts of Mississippi,the state with the highest obesity ra...
Childhood Obesity Childhood obesity has become a global epidemic.The number of adolescents who are overweight has tripled since 1980 and the prevalence among younger children has more than doubled.According to the 1999-2002 NHANES survey,Childhood Obesity affects certain minority youth populations. 16...
Statistics show that childhood obesity is on the rise in Fiji. The prevalence increases with age with 12-14 per cent of 10–14-year-olds classified as overweight. About 8.1 per cent of children between the ages of 15 and 17 top the list among children in Fiji for being overweight. ...
(WJAR) —The rate of childhood obesity and the rate of children being overweight are on the rise in Rhode Island, according to a Tuesday report from the Rhode Island Kids Count. The report is the first to show updated data from 202...